Reading the folktale 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

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Understanding the genre of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

Building comprehension of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

Building comprehension of 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby' through rich discussions

Drawing conclusions and making comparisons 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

In 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby’, children developed their understanding of the features of a traditional tale and inferred meaning from the text. In ’The Sheep Pig’, children will develop their inference skills with a more complex narrative and story structure. They will discuss how the author creates an impression of different characters. 

In 'Mulan’, pupils read and listened to a traditional tale. They developed their understanding of the features of a traditional tale and discussed the theme of a hero. In ’Anansj and the Antelope Baby’, pupils will read a traditional folk tale and will develop their understanding of what a moral is.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the folktale, 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'. They use retrieval and inference to develop their comprehension of the text. Finally, pupils will explore the key themes and engage in rich discussions.

'Anansi and the Antelope Baby': reading

because of the times he had play tricks on them

because they didn't notice his plea for help

In 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby', why did most of the animals not help Anansi?

Which animal rescued Anansi from the fire?

He said he would help her if she ever needed it.

How did Anansi show his gratitude towards Antelope?

Who were Antelope and her baby in danger from?

He spun a web around a bush to hide the baby.

How did Anansi protect the baby antelope?

He cared about Antelope and wanted to repay the kindness she had shown him.

He wanted something in return from Antelope.

Who is the main character in 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?

What was Anansi doing at the beginning of the story, 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?

A forest fire starts to head towards him.

a sensible guess about what will happen next

What type of story is 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'?

Reading the folktale 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby'

Lesson outcome